Tetramorium new species CAR HP

Type location Central African Republic queen only .

The photomontage is of a queen from the Central African Republic, Dzanga-Sangha NP; 09.x.2008; 18h30-3h; Camp de transit 1; 03°07'06.4" N 16°07'59.2" E 373 m; Bord fleuve Sangha; collector Philippe Annoyer, other images can be seen in the folder at -

Comparison with Tetramorium aculeatum queens from the Central African Republic - overall size smaller, wing smaller; CuA cell proportionally smaller; mandibles completely smooth; head frontal area with little sculpturation; eye longer than wide (circular in aculeatum); head in profile with occiput shallowly but distinctly convex (near flat in aculeatum); distance between dorsal ocelli = 2.11 X length of ocelli (in aculeatum = 2.84); HW/width across eyes/HW = 123 (aculeatum = 118); CI = 84 (aculeatum CI = 90); funiculus segment 3-4 together shorter than segment 1 (in aculeatum 3+4 = 1); scape proportionally longer and SL greater; pronotum dorsum with 9-10 strong parallel rugae; postpetiole in profile relatively narrow; longer erect hairs on hind legs and scapes; overall much paler orange-brown (aculeatum ranging from near black to brown.